tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post6308993883578334427..comments2016-12-08T17:47:05.046-06:00Comments on The Chuck Cowdery Blog: The Whiskey Trust. Seemed Like a Good Idea at the TimeChuck Cowderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-58261449648911535022014-04-08T21:13:35.537-05:002014-04-08T21:13:35.537-05:00Chuck,
Would love to hear more about the distilli...Chuck,<br /><br />Would love to hear more about the distilling history of central IL. The J.K. Williams guys have said that there&#39;s a rich and fascinating history here. You have any good sources?Kyle W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09833501404612017975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-27677819423348434192014-02-12T19:03:20.098-06:002014-02-12T19:03:20.098-06:00So, basically, the rump Trust bought AMS, which wa...So, basically, the rump Trust bought AMS, which was not Trust.Chuck Cowderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-81533012109044200112014-02-12T19:02:25.870-06:002014-02-12T19:02:25.870-06:00The original National brands all were Trust-owned ...The original National brands all were Trust-owned but the biggest piece of National, although it came later, was the Wathen family&#39;s American Medicinal Spirits Company (AMS), based in Louisville. They were the largest consolidation warehouse in the country and most of the brands they acquired were from Kentucky, e.g., Old Taylor, Old Crow, and Old Grand-Dad. I believe some of AMS&#39;s brands were Trust-owned but most were not. I think that&#39;s the answer you&#39;re looking for.Chuck Cowderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-80740693394382531632014-02-12T18:33:59.315-06:002014-02-12T18:33:59.315-06:00Just an interesting question I&#39;ve never yet se...Just an interesting question I&#39;ve never yet seen a believable answer to...<br /><br />Although I doubt most of us are aware of the New York Times articles from the early 1900&#39;s that dealt with whiskey consolidation, I&#39;m pretty sure you are. So, were there ANY brands of American whiskey that you know of that came OUT of Prohibition which were not part of the whiskey trust that existed just before 1917 (the WWI cutoff)? It seems to me as though every brand I&#39;ve ever seen that (re)existed after 1933 was a brand owned by whatever the whiskey trust was called in 1920.EllenJnoreply@blogger.com